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“Ang karapatan at kapangyarihan"


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Is it normal

to have that many crushes?.


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Paimon teaches all arts, philosophies and sciences, and secret things; he can reveal all mysteries of the Earth, wind, and water, what the mind is, and where it is, and everything the conjurer wants to know. He gives good familiars, dignities and confirms them, and binds men to the conjurer's will.If Paimon is cited alone, and offering or sacrifice must be done, and he will accept it; then two kings called Beball (Bebal or Labal) and Abalam (Abalim) will go to him together with other spirits, often twenty-five legions; but these other spirits do not always come unless the conjurer calls upon them.Paimon is depicted as a man with an effeminate face, wearing a precious crown, and riding a dromedary. Before him often goes a host of demons with the shape of men, playing trumpets, cymbals, and any other sort of musical instrument.






life and death are but a journey.
when butterfly alights on the branch,
what withers will bloom anew.
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- NOT your usual shounen anime
- Pure comedy? DEAD WRONG
- Treat Gintama as SoL/weekly sitcom especially earlier seasons
- Ep 1 & 2 are for manga readers
- BIG patience for its 'slow' start

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Political Action Committees (PACs)

Definition
Groups that collect money from their members and then give it to candidates and political parties who support their interests

How do PACs work?
Political Action Committees (PACs) are an important aspect of American politics and the American electoral system. Political Action Committees exist legally as a means for corporations, trade unions etc. to make donations to candidates for Federal office - something that they cannot do directly.
An organisation will establish a Political Action Committee for which they solicit financial support. In 1974, 608 Political Action Committees were registered with the FEC (Federal Election Committee). By December 1995, there were more than 4,000 of them. There are more corporate Political Action Committees than any other type.

Types of PACs
Some PACs work by raising money from people employed by a corporation or in a trade union. These are called "connected PACs" and they rarely ask for donations from the general public although legally they are free to do so.
"Unconnected PACs" (also known as "Independent PACs") are as their title would suggest and they raise money by targeting selected groups within society.
In 1985, the Supreme Court decided that there should be no limits on the spending of PACs on a candidate’s behalf provided that the expenditure is not made in collaboration with a candidate.
Thus the PAC must maintain its legal independence. However, an individual’s contribution to a PAC is limited to $5000

PACs and negative campaigning
The input by PACs has been largely negative during elections and seems to concentrate on condemning the opponent of the person they are supporting rather than highlighting the achievement and policies of their own candidate.
The National Security PAC spent $8.5 million on a campaign that simply attacked the Democrat presidential candidate Michael Dukakis on behalf of George Bush, the Republican candidate in the 1988 campaign.

In a presidential campaign, PACs contribute to the parties to support the election campaign expenditure of the candidate. The amount a PAC can contribute to a national party is limited to $15,000. Therefore ten PACs could spend a maximum of $150,000 on a national party. However, PACs can contribute a lot more to state and local parties. In some states the amount is restricted but in others it is not. Invisible Primaries(pre-Primary election campaigns) are usually financed by a PAC founded by a candidate.


Incumbents
PACs funding of Congressional elections is heavily directed towards those already elected and seeking re-election.
Data kept by FEC clearly shows that during the Congressional elections of 1988, 1990, 1992 and 1994 Democratic Senators already holding office and seeking re-election received five times more funding from PACs than their Republican challengers.
In 1996, Republican Senators had the same financial advantage over Democratic challengers. Some Members of Congress make a point of not accepting any PAC money but others are heavily dependent on it. In the 1989-90 election cycle, over 80% of the financial support of 9 House members came from PACs.
The importance of this is clear. If you have access to legal money to finance an election campaign, you are likely to have an advantage over a challenger who does not.
This increases the non-competitive character of the House ,and it is accentuated by the fact that contributions from PACs not spent on an election campaign can be kept for the next cycle, thereby giving the office holder a head start over a future challenger.
This by its very nature might put off potential candidates who know that they do not have the financial clout required to maintain a solid campaign

In 1997, it was reported that the 30 Senators elected in 1992 and standing for re-election in 1998 had already raised an average of $1.4 million per Senator. The figure generally agreed to be the ‘start’ point for Senatorial elections is $5 million. Therefore those who have raised over 20% of this sum before a campaign starts have a very clear advantage over a challenger. As those in the House of Representatives are elected every two years, anyone seeking re-election is almost constantly engaged in a search for cash. Many office holders in the House spend more than $1 million during an election campaign.

Anybody wishing to get involved in politics at a national level quite obviously has to have access to large sums of money or it is likely that they will not succeed. There are those in America who wish to see the input of money greatly reduced. "The Washington Post" is a highly influential newspaper and is a leading example of an institution that wants change. However, there is no clear evidence that PACs do influence the voting behaviour of those they helped get elected into either House. But it is difficult to believe that any politician would publicly admit that their voting behaviour was so influenced.

Transparency?
PAC records are made public and checked by the FEC. Members of the public are free to scrutinise them as are the media. The days of the secret slush funds do seem to be over. Full and detailed records are kept of Congressional and Presidential election campaign spending.
Regardless of these checks, there is still unease in some quarters of the influence of PACs and the legal side-stepping of limits placed on candidates of donations received.
It seems that there is no will amongst the President, Senators and Congressmen to change a system that has benefited them so much. Without their own inclination, or the support of Congress, It doesn’t look as though the current, or any future President, will be able to remove the PACs...
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"ᴛʜᴇ ᴏᴛʜᴇʀ ᴅᴀʏ ᴀꜰᴛᴇʀ ꜱᴜɴᴅᴏᴡɴ, ɪ ɢᴏᴛ ꜱᴜʀʀᴏᴜɴᴅᴇᴅ ʙʏ ʙᴇᴀꜱᴛꜱ. ᴀ ꜰᴇᴡ ᴄᴏᴜɢᴀʀꜱ ᴀɴᴅ ᴀ ꜰᴇᴡ ʀᴀᴛᴛʟᴇ ꜱɴᴀᴋᴇꜱ. ᴛʜᴇ ᴄᴏᴜɢᴀʀꜱ ᴀɴᴅ ᴛʜᴇ ꜱɴᴀᴋᴇꜱ ᴡᴇʀᴇ ᴏɴ ᴛᴡᴏ ꜱɪᴅᴇꜱ ᴏꜰ ᴛʜᴇ ʀᴏᴀᴅ, ʙʟᴏᴄᴋɪɴɢ ᴍʏ ᴡᴀʏ ᴏᴜᴛ. ɪ ᴡᴀꜱ ᴛʜɪɴᴋɪɴɢ ᴏꜰ ʜᴏᴡ ᴛᴏ ᴇꜱᴄᴀᴘᴇ… ʙᴜᴛ ᴛʜᴇɴ ꜰᴏʀ ꜱᴏᴍᴇ ʀᴇᴀꜱᴏɴ, ɪ ᴡᴀꜱ ᴀʙʟᴇ ᴛᴏ ᴘᴀꜱꜱ ᴛʜʀᴏᴜɢʜ ᴏɴ ᴏɴᴇ ꜱɪᴅᴇ ᴏꜰ ᴛʜᴇ ʀᴏᴀᴅ. ᴡʜɪᴄʜ ꜱɪᴅᴇ ᴅᴏ ʏᴏᴜ ᴛʜɪɴᴋ ɪᴛ ᴡᴀꜱ? ᴛʜᴇ ᴄᴏᴜɢᴀʀꜱ ᴏʀ ᴛʜᴇ ʀᴀᴛᴛʟᴇ ꜱɴᴀᴋᴇꜱ? ᴛʜᴇ ᴀɴꜱᴡᴇʀ ɪꜱ ᴛʜᴇ ʀᴀᴛᴛʟᴇ ꜱɴᴀᴋᴇꜱ! ʙᴇᴄᴀᴜꜱᴇ ᴛʜᴇʏ ᴡᴇʀᴇ…ᴀꜱꜱꜱꜱʟᴇᴇᴘ!"
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takehiko manga in a nutshell
- makes a great story
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I hope no one I know irl sees my secret account~

Anyways, do I look cute in this outfit?~

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your rlly copied a letter?? ( ౦ ‸ ౦ )

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Is it normal

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Y0tsug1-chan said:

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I hope no one I know irl sees my secret account~

Anyways, do I look cute in this outfit?~

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the empty face of a mother, a refugee who's one of their underage children were sent back to a country at war that they've never known, all for the sake of a country's a****** and inhumane politics treating people like criminals and less than animals for trying to escape murder, torture and building at better future for themselves.
"It is our choices, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities"

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"But with a twist ending like this,
I think we can all agree this ended up
being a very interesting mystery
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